Anyone applying for TAR11? Deadline is coming up on June 2. Production is supposed to start at the beginning of October 2006. I guess I will have to be on the lookout for teams in Europe between October 9 and October 27 between Amsterdam and Vienna.

Question: I read the CBS upfront news about moving Amazing Race to Sundays at 8 pm/ET. I don't care that they moved the night — again — but why Sunday night? It will be constantly overrun by football games that go long. People who record the show will get to see half of 60 Minutes and miss the end of Race, and I'm afraid it'll begin to lose its audience. This doesn't seem like a good move to me, but maybe I'm worrying prematurely. It is only May, after all. What are your initial thoughts about the new time slot? — Toni M.

Matt Roush: My biggest concern isn't the football overruns, which have been a factor in CBS' Sunday lineup for years. People are used to this and should be able to adjust accordingly — as in: set extra time on the VCR or manually set the DVR, or (here's a thought) watch it live. The biggest hurdle is that Race will be going head-to-head against another powerful reality series already established in the time period, ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which, like Race, is quite popular with families. There's also the NBC football factor to consider. I was surprised CBS didn't use Race to kick off its Wednesday lineup. If the risky Jericho doesn't fly (and given how CBS treated Threshold last season, I'd say the odds are against it), Race could be moved away from Sunday if it loses more momentum. But at least it's airing at 8 pm/ET on whatever night, which is appropriate.

Anyone applying for TAR11? Deadline is coming up on June 2. Production is supposed to start at the beginning of October 2006. I guess I will have to be on the lookout for teams in Europe between October 9 and October 27 between Amsterdam and Vienna.

I still can't apply. I'm only 18 and I know you have to be 21 in order to even apply for one of those shows. (Maybe in three years.)

I don't think Sunday's will be as bad as everyone is predicting. I know football will draw some of the viewers, but AR has a fan base that will follow it wherever it goes. Just look how the ratings went up when they put it on at a family friendly time. Sunday at 8:00 will be a good way for families to end the weekend. It is such a good show I don't want it to fade away because CBS is stupid, we all need to get out there and support it any way possible.

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Because sometimes the way to feel good about yourself is by making someone else feel bad. I am tired of making others feel good about themselves.

Maybe good news for TAR10 ? BigBrother realeased a revised schedule today and it looks like they are moving BB7 from Sat at 9:00 to Sundays at 8:00 , TAR10's future time slot ! Hopefully it will keep reality fans "tuned in " to the 8:00 timeslot on Sundays ?

A poster at Reality Fan Forum has complied all of the spoiler-ish information s/he could find into two posts, if you don’t want to be surprised by various parts of the race. The location and task spoilers and team spoilers are, at the very least, interesting fodder for discussion—at least until more official word comes from CBS about the teams and the race actually begins airing.

PASADENA, Calif. —The Amazing Race’s switch to Sunday nights is not the only change viewers will notice this fall.

This time, 12 teams of competitors will race around the world in a westbound direction, starting in Seattle, executive-producer and co-creator Bertram Van Munster told an informal gathering of reporters over the weekend at the summer meeting of the Television Critics Association.

The 12 teams will be put to the test right away, executive producers Bertram Van Munster and Jonathan Littman say. Instead of "easing in" to the competition by sending the teams to Europe or South America first, the teams will first head to China after starting in Seattle.

The racers will also travel to Mongolia, Kuwait, Vietnam and Madagascar. In all, the race will cover some 40,000 miles in 30 days.